The new European Jihadism and its avatars
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23036071 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Farhad Khosrokhavar (École Pratique des Hautes Études, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 1-29 |
| Publication date | 2016-12-17 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Interdisciplinary Journal for Religion and Transformation in Contemporary Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2364-2807 • E-ISSN: 2365-3140 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.14220/23642807-00202002 |
| OpenAlex | W2471459151 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 4 |
The newEuropean Jihadism and its avatars FarhadKhosrokhavar European Jihadism has evolvedsince it first appeared in the 1990s.Inmany European countries,atthe outset, it tended to be restricted to the disaffected youth from the poor suburbs (France) or poor inner city areas (in the UK),but it rapidly spread to the middle classes,whether Muslims or converts.In2013, with the civil war in Syria, Jihadismunderwentmajor changes.Before that it was restrictedtoafew hundred people,but it has now risen to severalthousand (around 5000 young people have left Europe for Syria and their number would have been much higher had the governments not established controls preventing the departure of adolescents via Tu rkey to Syria). At the same time,adolescents have become numerous and the number of girlsa nd converts has sharply increased. Theaim of the article is to propose an understanding of the mindsetofthese new social actors in the lightofthe internal conditions of European societies.
Computer security · Internet privacy · Jihadism · Political science · Politics · Computer Science · Law · Psychology · Religious, Philosophical, and Educational Studies · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
| Citations per year | 0.13 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2018 - 2018 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |